1165: Watching the Fire from the Other Side

The annual Awakener transfer ceremony is undoubtedly the grandest event on Blue Star.

The number of students who successfully transfer to combat Professions during the ceremony not only affects a school's enrollment rate but also a nation, and even the entire Blue Star.

This has led to all countries attaching immense importance to the annual Awakener transfer ceremony.

On this day, they not only dispatch a powerful Awakener to major cities to maintain order but also implement nationwide martial law to prevent other countries from poaching talents and causing brain drain.

Especially the smaller nations, they almost adopt an attitude of preparing for war.

After all, with the rise of the Blue Star Supreme Expert Wang Chen, a new era has been thoroughly declared, and under the Supreme Expert's brilliant light, promising Geniuses are bound to emerge during the Awakener transfer ceremony.

This is not superstition but a fact recognized by all major powers on Blue Star.

Whenever a major event occurs, Blue Star will give birth to Geniuses like a gushing well.

And besides the great changes on Blue Star caused by the will of the heavens's revival seven hundred years ago, there has been no greater event than Wang Chen achieving the status of Supreme Expert recently.

This made all countries secretly strengthen their vigilance.

Due to Wang Chen, the Dragon Country has suddenly gained a hegemonic stance.

They don't ask for too much; they would be content if a Genius emerged who was even a tenth or a hundredth as outstanding as Wang Chen.

However…

Just as various countries were busily conducting their Awakener transfer ceremonies, a chilling and evil aura suddenly shot up from the Eastern Sea, shaking all the experts on Blue Star.

The aura was so powerful that even tens of thousands of miles away, one could feel the oppression and sense the hatred and despair it contained.

This immediately caused countless experts to emerge from their residences and secluded cultivation spots, flying into the sky to gaze eastward, speculating about what had happened.

And then, a message from the Dragon Country shook the high-level officials of various countries, simultaneously informing these experts of the situation.

The Sakura Country, messing around behind closed doors, had destroyed itself, resulting in the deaths of billions of people and vast areas of its territory turning into dead zones.

It was, directly, annihilated!

And not only did the Sakura Country destroy itself, but it also created a loophole in the world barrier, attracting a powerful world to invade Blue Star.

Upon understanding the situation, all those in the know simultaneously cursed the ancestors of the Sakura Country's high-level officials, and at the same time…

Immediately dispatched experts to the Dragon Country's East Sea region to investigate the situation.

However, not all countries made this choice; the Eagle Country, the Day-Never-Setting Empire, and the Bear Country, three great nations among the world's current powers, merely sent a representative and began to observe.

…

Eagle Country.

In a continuous cluster of white palaces.

Afonso Rothschild stood with his hands behind his back at the top of the highest palace in this area, gazing westward.

Although his line of sight could not reach that far, in his perception, he could already sense the existence that was filled with a chilling and malicious intent, emitting fluctuations far stronger than his own.

And beside this existence, there was an even more powerful aura, like a great sun.

“The Sakura Country is annihilated, and an otherworldly invasion of Blue Star!”

“The opportunity I've been waiting for, hasn't it arrived!”

Afonso Rothschild chuckled softly, his face showing no concern about his world being invaded.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

At this moment, two figures suddenly flew and landed beside Afonso Rothschild.

It was Kendini Morgan and Hanna Rockefeller.

“Afonso, aren't you going to help?”

“This is a major event concerning the survival of Blue Star!”

Looking at Afonso Rothschild, who had a smile on his face, Hanna Rockefeller couldn't help but ask.

Kendini Morgan, on the other side, also cast a concerned look.

“No rush!”

“The aura of that cross-world existence is far less powerful than our Supreme Expert!”

“He won't be a match for our Supreme Expert at all; I would only be a hindrance if I went!”

Afonso Rothschild's expression was extremely natural when he said this, and his tone was even quite lighthearted.

“This, but…”

“The message from the Dragon Country said that what has appeared now is only the vanguard force of that unknown world, and that unknown world is likely far stronger than our Blue Star!”

Hanna Rockefeller pursed her lips and spoke again.

“Don't worry, it's not that we're not helping, we're just waiting a bit.”

“Look, the Day-Never-Setting Empire and the Bear Country haven't moved yet either, have they?”

“Let the Dragon Country first thoroughly exhaust the power of that opposing world, preferably to the point of mutual destruction or even severe injury, then we'll make our move!”

“Providing timely help is always better than adding icing to the cake now.”

“Besides…”

Afonso Rothschild paused here, his smile becoming even more unrestrained.

“Hanna, this disaster that has appeared is inextricably linked to the Dragon Country.”

“If it weren't for Wang Chen's sudden emergence, making the Dragon Country increasingly powerful and frightening the Sakura Country, why would the Sakura Country choose to take such a desperate risk, leading to its annihilation and bringing about such a disaster!”

“In ancient times, the Dragon Country was the suzerain state of the Sakura Country; the Dragon Country has an obligation to solve problems for its vassal states.”

Apparently, when Afonso Rothschild said these things, he had forgotten that for hundreds of years, their Eagle Country had considered itself the “father” of the Sakura Country, enjoying its subservience.

After listening to Afonso Rothschild's words, Hanna Rockefeller finally said no more.

…

And it wasn't just the Eagle Country; similar conversations almost took place in the Day-Never-Setting Empire and the Bear Country.

This led to the awkward discovery by experts from other countries who rushed to the Dragon Country's East Sea region after receiving the message: their big brothers hadn't come.

Those who came were all Awakeners of the 10th Stage Early Stage or Middle Stage, at most 10th Stage Late Stage.

As early as after Wang Chen's battle to become the Blue Star Supreme Expert, all 10th Stage Awakeners had already come to the same realization.

Except for those at the 10th Stage Peak, other 10th Stage Awakeners simply couldn't intervene in 11th Stage level battles; they couldn't even withstand the aftermath of the combat.

“Eagle Country! Day-Never-Setting Empire! Bear Country!”

“What are these three guys trying to do?”

Zhang Dingguo, who was leading the Dragon Country's experts back, saw this scene, and terrifying lightning flashed in his eyes.

The terrifying aura made the surrounding experts from various countries tremble, but they could only pretend to be quails, acting as if they hadn't heard Zhang Dingguo's words.

This was not a topic they could participate in!

“You all stay here for now.”

Seeing this scene, Zhang Dingguo felt even angrier, coldly leaving a sentence, and with a movement of his body, he flew towards Wang Chen in the distance.

“Elder Zhang, there's no need to be angry; this situation was expected.”

Wang Chen was not fighting the giant skull at this moment but was observing something with interest; seeing Zhang Dingguo appear, he turned around and offered a word of persuasion.